Forgiveness

Sometimes,
Holding onto hatred,
And anger,
And grief,
And pain,
And sorrow,
Is like a poison dwelling within our soul.
It’s a sickness.
It’s darkness.
And we can’t ignore it.
It will seep up into us,
And poison everything we know.
 
We need to scoop it up,
As best we can.
Throw it out,
And shut the door.
The affection,
And fondness,
And love,
Will be gone.
Leaving us empty.
Memories,
Will be left void of emotion.
Moments,
Without meaning.
 
We won’t be sad,
Or hurt,
Or scared,
Or pained at all,
For we let it go,
All those emotions.
Leaving us bare.
It will be forgiveness,

As best as we can give. 

Author's Note

Influenced by something I read about forgiveness.

Reviews

[patricia]

This is realy good, and i know from past experiences not easy to swallow, nevertheless ...a liberating truth, and a goal to aim for. You show understanding in this piece by the little intimations...i.e. As best we can give ...etc. It is a hard road to take for sure...Thankyou for this very wise poem.

[fireblossom]

Change the we to I and this story will go deeper.

As it is a *really good poem*. But... Using 'we' removed me one step away from you... I want you to talk to me as you...

As writers when we say 'we feel pain' we are using a diffuse light... As a writer when I say 'I feel pain' I focus my topic like a laser. I hurt and I cry and I bleed and I feel alive...I can't hope to speak for you.

With that said...there is a place for we... right? We both know what I mean don't we? We are writers and so we understand when a fellow writer is being honest and right or wrong takes the time to say something about our work....right? :-)

It is alright to speak to your feelings and observations in one stanza then switch the application ... i.e. I have observed that a caged bird echo's the emotions of the people in the room...thus we should listen to the bird to understand our own dynamics should we not?

A very good poem that can be great...